Firsts & Lasts
What my future is looking like and what that means for my theatre journey.
First-person stories from college and theatre students.
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What my future is looking like and what that means for my theatre journey.
What I love about this question is that the person asking is wanting to be supportive and excited for you and your passion.
My name is Olivia Ruhnke and I am a rising junior at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Drama where I am training to receive my BFA in Acting.
Hey aspiring actors! Ready to take your acting to the next level? Here are my top 10 tips to help you succeed.
The search for employment.
I have never done remote work before, and have never had the opportunity to work from home, so these past two weeks have been a learning experience for me.
As I write this, I’m currently home sick in bed.
I have a lot of emotional ties to the musical “Merrily we Roll Along,” and I think I realized that as I was watching it, in real time.
Sometimes though in the summer, especially when I’m not doing any shows or anything like that, I can fall into a bit of a creative rut.
I always leave feeling so inspired and creatively charged.
While this is probably common knowledge among actors, I quickly learned that little to no background research prior to auditioning put me at a disadvantage.
I am ready to step away from the strenuous academic and social life on campus.
At International Thespian Festival, which I attended this past week, I had the opportunity to participate in a young playwrights professional development intensive hosted by the Dramatists Guild.
Hi there! Let me introduce myself! My name is Cat Boynton and I'm a Senior at New York University, Tisch School of the Arts studying Drama in the New Studio on Broadway (NSB).
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My hope is that I can use these blogs to connect with students like myself surrounding the highs and lows of getting an education or being involved in theater.
Today I'm covering clubs at UMich! Joining clubs can feel intimidating, but it doesn't have to be!
Here we go, my very first blog post with BroadwayWorld! I am SO excited to be joining this wonderful, theater-loving community, and I can’t wait to share more about my life as a college student and theater intern with you this summer!
Shows are a wonderful form of entertainment.
Ariana Glaser, rising freshman at the Frost School of Music, details her summer plans, including her first lead in a MainStage production, a journalism program in Ohio, and soaking up her last moments at home.
Here are some things I do and keep in mind when getting either rejected or not getting a part you wanted in a musical or play you audition ton for.
I decided that for this post I would make and share some looks that reimagine famous Broadway characters.
Summer stock offers a great opportunity to try new locations, theatres, and shows! I have had the opportunity to perform in Oklahoma! in North Dakota with Frost Fire Theatre.
I’m so excited to share another DITL! This time, it’s the tech week version! Since this was the first tech of the summer, it's not quite as hectic as changeover (72 hours to go from one show to the next) will be, but it's a great intro to how professional tech functions! Here is what the Tuesday
After a lifetime of performing onstage in dance recitals and school musicals, I have always wondered how the experience would be if I worked behind the scenes.